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Re: Medical Marajuana
By:Matt Perlman
Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 7:01 am
In Response To: Re: Medical Marajuana (porceleindoll)

What up!
I am actually reporting on the good uses for medical marajuana (cannibus).
Marinol is a synthetic oral form of the major active ingredient in marajuana. It is an anti-nausea medication for patients undergoing chemotheropy and for matients with aids. Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is also an anti-nausea drug which has recientlty been approved by the FDA.

In 1999, the Drug Enforcement Agency put Marinol at a a Schedual III drug which means that it can be perscribed py physicions with up to 5 refills in 6 months.

Medical Marajuana has also undergone studies that showed that, when smoked or taken orally, so derivitives of marajuana lowered the interocular pressure of the eye which is raised during glaucoma.

Other things that it may be used for would be for blocking certian types of seziures related to epilepsey. It can also help with pain, neurological dissorders, and loss of weight and appitite related to HIV and AIDS.

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